Nicks company has been involved in the Rolls Royce/Bentley Arabian Adventure. Rolls and Bentley's from all over the world have come to the middle east to take part in rally which starts in Doha. Nick is accompanying the convoy over the Saudi Arabian Boarder to the Abu Dhabi boarder.
We were invited to the company owners Farm for lunch along with all the drivers of the cars (you don't often get invited to the locals homes - so this was a great opportunity.
The drive to the farm was about 1hr and it was in the middle of nowhere.
As you can see it really is in the middle of nowhere - the trees boarder the property.
I took these videos of some of the cars arriving at the property - in total there were 70 cars.
Nick in his official gear and with the car he will be driving
The entrance to the farm
Waiting outside the farm for all the cars to arrive - it was quite windy and very hot
Driving into the property
This is just one of the houses on the property - this one belongs to one of his sons - apparently there is a house for each of his children - but they only spend the weekends here.
This is where we were served drinks - it had several rooms off a courtyard, the toilet alone was amazing, with a selection of beautiful perfumes, it was quite funny as everyone who came out of the toilet smelt lovely....even me (had to sample)
The marquee where we had lunch - the food was amazing - typical arabic food. Different animals served on a plate with rice - animal carcass and head included!! (could put you off meat forever) There was even camel - hump and all!!! Very yummy though.
To the right of the entrance was a shawarma stand (kebab) all the other food was inside. There was whole spice stuffed fish also. So much food.
This was one of the rooms off the courtyard where drinks were served
Tea Set
This table was actually an old door - it was beautiful.
Cute garden statue
After lunch we were offered a drive around the farm - I had the pleasure of being in a Bentley, the farm had all sorts of animals - zebras, ostrich, deer, goats, rabbits, donkeys. It was an amazing property - this is another of the houses on the property.
On the way back to Doha - the drivers had the opportunity to drive a couple of laps around Losail International Race Circuit (MotoGp will be here in April) I hitched a ride with the most down to earth man - Terry from the UK in his Bentley and he burned some serious rubber round the track - we followed the safety car for the first lap and then we were let loose for one lap - and Terry came third - it was an amazing experience. This was us driving up to the starting grid.
This is the Bentley that I was in - beautiful car.
All the cars lining up - only about half of the cars took up the opportunity to drive the circuit.
Waiting for the checkered flag.
And we're off!!!
Heading round the track - It was just the most amazing experience.
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